Nursing Outlook
Volume 53, Issue 6 , Pages 274-280 , November 2005

Access in health services research: The battle of the frameworks

  • Thomas C. Ricketts, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Thomas C. Ricketts, PhD, Professor of Health Policy and Administration, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, Campus Box 7590, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7590.
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  • Laurie J. Goldsmith, MSc

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PII: S0029-6554(05)00121-1

doi: 10.1016/j.outlook.2005.06.007

Nursing Outlook
Volume 53, Issue 6 , Pages 274-280 , November 2005

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